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TRAVEL IN GEORGIA

 

 
 
LAND OF WONDERS
Cultural tour, 9 days

When you think that you already seen all and here is nothing in the world to could shock or surprise you, when you are sure that to voyage in-time is possible in beautiful movies only, you must visit Georgia and you make sure that, all of this is beside you and it to you is still ahead of. Georgia is land of the first inhabitant in Europe, the centers of ancient culture, hundreds of varieties of endemic grapes – just few of the rich inheritance preserved through the millennia. Now you have a chance to make sure in this.
- Dmanisi – the site inhabited 1.7 million years ago by the first European
- Mtskheta, Uplistsikhe, Vani – ancient towns along the Great Silk Road
- Kakheti and Imereti – the cradle of wine-making

Day 1: Tbilisi
Meeting at airport Tbilisi and transfer to hotel. Accommodation. Tbilisi sightseeing program - the Old and New Towns. The city offers a great variety of sights, most of them very ancient. All the places of interest in the Old Town are very close to each other, within a few minutes’ walk. We start our visit to Old Tbilisi from Metekhi Church, then walk up to the brick-domed Sulphur Baths. From the Baths we head up the hill to visit Narikala Fortress - one of the oldest fortifications in the city. Afterwards we continue to the Synagogue, Sioni Cathedral and Anchiskhati Church. This marks the end of the Old Town. After lunch we visit the stunning treasuries of the Georgian State and Art Museums, before taking a stroll along Rustaveli Avenue - the main street in Tbilisi. Overnight in Tbilisi.
Day 2: Wine Trip to Kakheti
We travel to the famous wine-growing region of Kakheti. We visit a farmer’s house to enjoy the hospitality of the local people and sample some delicious home-made food and wine. Here we will also see a three-century old wine cellar and taste wine straight from the clay jars kept under the ground. Then we continue to the wine factory to taste more Kakhetian wines. In the evening we return to Tbilisi.
Day 3: Tbilisi – Dmanisi – Tbilisi
Today we drive to the medieval town of Dmanisi – the site of the on-going excavations where the skull of the first inhabitant in Europe was found (1.7 million years old). The skull is now kept at the State Museum of Georgia in Tbilisi.
Day 4: Tbilisi – Mtskheta – Uplistsikhe – Kutaisi
We visit the ancient capital and religious centre of Georgia - Mtskheta and its historic Jvari Church and Svetitskhoveli Cathedral. Then we drive to Uplistsikhe Cave Town (1st millennium BC) – an important point along the Great Silk Road. In the evening we arrive in Kutaisi.
Day 5: Kutaisi – Vani – Batumi
We visit Gelati Monastery and Academy and Bagrati Cathedral ruins and head to the antique town of Vani. Unlike East Georgia the summer temperatures are lower here with higher precipitation. That’s why the grapes in Imereti are less sweat and mostly European-style dry and semi-sweat wines are made from them. The wine is kept traditionally in underground clay jars, but unlike Kakheti there are no indoor wine-cellars here. We visit a local farmer’s house to taste Imeretian white and red wines, more sour and less stronger than Kakhetian ones. We have lunch in the outdoor wine-cellar with traditional Imeretian food and wines. After afternoon we travel to Ajara region on the Black Sea coast. In the evening we arrive in Batumi.
Day 6: Batumi
We visit the State Museum of Ajara, the Botanical gardens and Gonio Fortress. The afternoon is a chance enjoys the boulevard. Overnight in Batumi.
Day 7-8: Batumi - Tbilisi
In the morning we drive to Tbilisi. Arrival in Tbilisi and accommodation in the hotel. Free days in Tbilisi. You will have chance have entertainments to yours mind. Overnight in Tbilisi.
Day 9: Departure
Transfer to the airport.

Contact Information
Postal address: 5, I line, Nizami st., 4600 Kutaisi, Georgia
Telephone: +995  93  316853              E- mail:
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